The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-07-01

w. II. Rice,
Captain King,
+ B. Thomas,
H. c. Reed,
Jno. WAS,
w. p A. Brewer.
W. b. Oles N,
Cecil Brown,
Captain Ross,
B. Anterior,
Is hereby appointed to present the
foregoing resolutions and requests &c
the King, and said Committee is here
by instructed to revuest Of the kim
that a personal answer to the same be
returned within twenty-four hours a
the time when the same are presented,
and to further inform the King that his
neglect to so answer the same within
said time will be construed as refusal
Of the said requests.
Resoi5ed, That said committee. in
case Of the Kings refusal to grant said
requests, or in case Of his neglect TO
reply to the same, is authorized to call
another mass meeting at this place on
Saturday. July ?, at 4 p m. to further
consider the situation.
Hon c. r. Bishop came forward
and read the following letter received
by him that day from the King
Thursday, June 80, 1887.
Hon c. K. Bishop, Member Of the
House Of MOBILES, privy Councillors
Of State, etc.
NV Dear Sir Reposing especial
confidence in your loyalty and sound
judgment as a councillor, and knowing
your regard for our people, we are
moved to call upon you in the present
condition Of affairs in our Government.
to say that we have called upon the
Hon. w. l.. Green to form a cabinet,
and a ministry which he may select
and will be acceptable to the respect
able and responsible majority Of our
people will be welcome to us, and any
guarantees which may be reasonably
required Of us under the constitution
and laws Of our Kingdom will be at
once conceded to such administration.
Your friend,
kALAKAUA.
Mr. w. a. Kinney read the resolu-
lions and letter Of His Majesty in Ha.
waiian.
The chairman stated that arrange.
ments having been made to have
speeches in different languages there
would be no Interpreting
SPEECH ny HON. W. L. GREEN.
Hon. W. l.. Green said: The course
of events has shown me that a speech
from me is almost unnecessary. / have
felt the last few days that it was impos.
slble for me to prepare speech. |
knew no more than any Of you about
this letter from the King. But here II
Is 10 order for you to speak out what
you mean, but keep your language firm
and temperate. Three years ago
there was meeting, II
think II was at the Lyceum- protest
against the bad administration OF Wal.
ter Murray Gibson's Cabinet. Then you
passed number OF resolutions express
ing condemnation OF the cabinet, and
hoping that things would be better. |
wrote a letter that | thought the Gov
eminent was getting worse and worse
We are here to-day because, notwith-
that protest, and notwithstand.
ing all the advice gwen the KING the
Government has been getting worse
and worse and is now something lntol.
enable. Let your attitude be firm;
your united front for the past few
weeks has induced His Majesty to re-
solve to turn over new leaf Ii he
decides--for we never know
what is gong to happen IN this country
IF it should ever happen that
should head Ministry should
conduct 1t not My for His Majesty,
but for the country.
SPEECH OF W. A. KINNEY.
Mr. Kinney being called upon to
address the meeting IN Hawaiian pre-
faced his remarks with few words in
English. He said he was born here
and please God he was going to die
here, and would try to live here under
this flag, but he wanted that flag to be
clean. 1t would not be clean unless
they went much further than the re-
moval of the Gibson administration.
He had been reminded Of the words OF
Lord Chatham, st is time that the
crown were addressed in the language
of TRUTH 1t is the hight of folly 10 put
four men into a hostile camp, and sup
port the tension to try and keep them
there. (Mr. Il. M. Walsh-"We will
support them PO The speaker had a
great deal of confidence in Mr.. Walsh,
but he preferred good constitution
and anything less than new constitu
ton would not suit him. The words
were on every lips "a new constitution
and that speedily" They could not
stand there month after month under
the tension of the past SIX years. Let us
ha,,a naaca Win a onod cOnSfitnfIOn